Deputy Darren Almendarez is described as a great fighter and 23-year veteran, who was once homeless when he was younger. 'We lost a great one,' Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said.
HARRIS COUNTY, Texas --"If it wasn't his truck, if it was somebody else's truck, he would have done the same thing," said Harris County Chief Deputy Edison Tokico of his fallen deputy, Darren Almanderez, who was killed Thursday night trying to stop a suspected catalytic converter theft on his own vehicle.
Gonzalez said the 51-year-old deputy protected his wife in his final moments alive. Before he was killed, Almendarez told his wife to run and get away from danger.As the sheriff's office told reporters how the scene unfolded that led to their comrad's death, they also shared more of who Almendarez was as a person.
According to the chief deputy, Almanderez started as a detention officer, then went to patrol and investigations.
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